Farm nutrient management practices in two geographically diverse watersheds in the Cottonwood river watershed of Minnesota, USA

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 165, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 211-231

  Strock, J S ^a   Bruening, D ^b   Apland, J D ^a   Mulla, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecoregion; Nonpoint source pollution; Nutrient management; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FERTILIZERS; MANURES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AGROECOREGION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; TRIBUTARIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANDSCAPE; MANURE; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SOIL; WATER SHEDS;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

POPULUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 23844528823     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-5417-x     Document Type: Article

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